# PPL vs Spendenportal

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Spendenportal delivers about 8.61 more of every 100 donated than PPL (£100.00 vs €91.39 per 100). On the headline numbers, PPL and Spendenportal are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | PPL | Spendenportal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €91.39 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 6.15% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.46% + €0.00 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 57 | 62 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | — |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 4 | 0 |

## Choose PPL if

> Portuguese entrepreneurs, creatives, and social or humanitarian causes that want a local, Portuguese-language crowdfunding platform offering both reward-based campaigns and a dedicated donations area.

- Long-established in Portugal, operating since 2011.
- Supports both reward-based crowdfunding and a dedicated 'PPL Causas' donations area for social causes.
- Offers all-or-nothing and flexible funding models.
- Supporters can give unconditionally to causes, transferring even if the goal is not met.


## Choose Spendenportal if

> German donors who want to give to vetted, pre-checked charities, and supporters who want to donate goods as well as money - including via SocialBay's eBay-based resale of in-kind donations.

- Handles both monetary (Geldspenden) and in-kind (Sachspenden) donations, the latter via SocialBay's eBay-based resale.
- Charities are vetted and activated only after a review, supporting donor trust.
- Operated by a nonprofit social enterprise (Sozial-Aktien-Gesellschaft) recognized as a donation-collecting organization.
- Donors can choose whether payment-provider costs are added on top of or deducted from their gift.